Cap forming machine



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y FRANKEQI G. A. SHAFFER ET AL 25023 152 CAP FORMING MACHINE Dec. 3,,1935.

Filed June 27, 1935 16 Sheets-Sheet 15 IN VEN TORS. GLENN A SHAFFEEATTORNEY.

By FRANK WIET'Z Dec. 3, 1935. G: A. SHAFFER ET AL 2,023,152

CAP FORMING MACHINE Filed June 27, 1933 l6 Sheets-Sheet 14 INVENTORSGLENN A. sHAFFER. FRANKLIN H. WIRTZ ATTORNEY.

Dec. 3, 1935. G, SHAFFER ET AL 2,023,152

CAP FORMING MACHINE Filed June 27, 1935 16 Sheets-Sheet l5 I N VEN TORS:GLENN A SHAFFEE BY Fe umu \"\.W\RTZ Patented Dec. 3, 1935 UNETED STATESPATENT OFFIQE CAP FORE/ENG MACHINE Application June 27,1933, Serial No.677,866

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This invention relates to machines for making head coverings such ascaps and the like. The machine. is particularly adapted for use in themanufacture of paper caps but it is not necessarily limited to use onany particular material. In actual practice we have found that an allpaper cap can be manufactured having the same general appearance as acloth or linen cap and at such small cost that the actual retail priceof the cap is considerably less than the cost of laundering the ordinaryfabric cap.

The caps made by the illustrated machine consist of a crown and a bandor brim. The band or brim can be fabricated from a roll of paper to giveit a stiffening edge and a parafiined. sweat band. The band can be madeextensible for different sizes and the crown can be formed from a rollof paper and applied to the band to make the finished cap. The operationof the machine is such that two rolls of paper are used, one for theband and the other for the crown. The paper is folded and cut and thecrown and band are brought together, all mechanically without beingtouched by the operator until the cap is completed.

The novel construction of the machine as well as the several stages ofoperation will all be described hereinafter, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine looking at same from thedischarge side.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the band embossing, printing, parafiining,creasing, folding and cutting units.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the cap forming unit.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the embossing roll and paper matrixroll taken on line i 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the form cylinder, platencylinder, inking rolls and ink fountain taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the male and female creasingrolls on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. '7 is a reduced scale view of the band showing the crease lineswhich are wider at the following end to fold over the leading or insideend in the forming machine.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the folding and unfolding shoes.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the folding and unfolding forms onthe line 99 of Fig. 8 to show the action of the formers on the paper.

Fig. 10 is a plan View of the cutting head and guide strippers.

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the cutting head and the guide strippers.

Fig. 12 is a radial section through the wind- 5 ing drum showing a formmold and drive for winding drum. This illustrates the first stage of theforming process.

Fig. 13 is a radial section through the second stage of the formingprocess showing the 10 mechanism for making the first fold in the bandor brim.

Fig. 14 is a radial section through the third stage of the formingprocess where the second fold is made.

Fig. 15 is a partial vertical transverse section through the crowncutting head and a partial radial section through the mold, vacuumchamber and crown charging and third folding unit.

Fig. 16 is a radial section through the discharge stage showing thecompleted cap discharged from the mold.

Fig. 17 is a section through the completed cap. Fig. 18 is a sectionthrough the band as it passes over the roller showing the band folded toget a good crease or fold.

Fig. 19 is a fragmentary plan View of the creasing rings to obtain theresults shown on the band in Fig. 7.

Fig. 20 is a perspective view of one of the creasing arms shown on theband forming head in Figs. 13, 14, 15 and 22.

Fig. 21 is a perspective View of the band creasing and uncreasing guidesshown in Figs. 8 and 9.

Fig. 22 is a radial section through the fifth stage of the formingprocess where the last or fourth fold is made.

Fig. 23 is a longitudinal sectional view through the valve sleeve.

Fig. 24 is an end view of the valve sleeve.

Fig. 25 is a sectional View on the line 2525 of Fig. 23.

Fig. 26 is a sectional view taken on the two section lines 2626 in Fig.23.

Fig. 27 is a section on the line 21-21 of Fig. 23.

Fig. 28 is a side elevational view of the valve assembly.

Fig. 29 is a sectional view on the line 2929 of Fig. 12.

In carrying out the invention, the paper for the band is fed from aroll, first to an embossing roll, where the paper is embossed torepresent linen or other fabric material. It then passes to a printingmechanism where certain indicia can be printed thereon. From theprintinder.

ing mechanism the paper passes to paraflin and then creasing rolls. Theband is then folded over at its edges to augment the creasing effect.

In the next step the creased edges are unfolded so the band material nowlies flat. Then the band material is cut in length. The cut sheets arenow intermittently wound on a drum to form a cyl- In this form thecylindrical band is delivered into a mold in a turret, which isintermittently moved about its axis. The first fold of the band is nowmade, then the second fold is made, the crown is cut and delivered tothe band; in the third fold the band is folded over the crown edge, thenthe fourth fold is made and the finished cap is ejected. These severaloperations will now be described.

The main frame of the machine consists of three parts, and 2. On ismounted chuck arbor 3, carrying a roll of paper 4. The paper for theband passes from roll 4 to the embossing rolls and 5. he embossing rollsare best shown in Fig. 4. The roll 5 consists of a shaft I, mounted inbearings 8 and 9 in the sides of the frame I. The bearings 8 and 9 areball bearings and have springs l6 and Ill bearing against them. Throughthe medium of the springs I6 and H, the adjusting wheels Hi andconnected to the adjusting screws l5 and H in the boxes l2 and I3 andthe collars l4 and I5 between the adjusting screws and the springs, thetension between the embossing rolls is adjusted.

The shaft 7 of the roll 5 has head plates l8 and I9 between which islaminated material 20 and at one end of the roll is a gear 2| whichmeshes with the gear 22 on the embossing roll 6, carried by the shaft23, mounted in fixed bearings 24 and 25. The embossing roll 6 carries adie 26 which cooperates with the soft laminated material 20 to embossthe paper. The roll 5 is driven by a belt 21 on the pulley 28. The paperis shortened by the embossing process. This necessitates driving theembossing rolls with a variable speed drive.

The pulley 28 has a nut portion 29 which can be turned in eitherdirection on the threads 29 to vary the size of the groove formed bypulley portion 28 and plate l3. After the nut 29 is properly adjusted itcan be locked in place by the jam nut 3|.

After the paper is embossed it passes to the printing roll 32 whichcarries an electrotype 33 cooperating with the platen roll 34 to printthe paper. The paper is indicated at 4, Fig. 5. The inking fountain 35and inking rolls 36 may be of any form such as is used in printingpresses to supply the electrotype 33 with ink. The paper passes from theprinting roll to the paraflining mechanism 31 which consists of areservoir with parafii-n therein, heated by a burner 38. The receptacle31 carries a spring supported roller 39 cooperating with a roller 4|] infixed bearings in the receptacle 3'! so that as the paper passes betweenthe rollers 39 and 40a strip of paraffin is applied to the paper ofsufficient width to paraffin the sweat band as will be described more indetail hereinafter. After leaving the parafiining mechanism the paperpasses to the creasing rollers 4| and 42, (see Figs. 2 and 6). Thefemale creasing roller 4| is mounted on a shaft 43 which carries asprocket 44 and a cylinder 45. The female creasing roller 4| carriesfemale creasing rings 46, 41, 48, and 49. These are circular and theycooperate with male scoring or creasing rings 50, 5|, 52 and 53 on themale creasing roller 42. The female creasing roller 4| drives the malecreasing roller 42 through gears 54 and 55 and the quill 55 for the malecreasing roller 42 car ries a pulley 57 which drives the embossing roll5 through a belt 27. The pulley 57 with its nut portion 5? and the jamnut 3| forms a part of the variable speed drive to the embossing rolls.The nut portion 57 and jam nut 3| are adjusted in the same manner as thenut portion 29 and the jam nut 3| on the embossing roll 5 are adjusted.

As the paper passes between the rollers 4| and 42 it is scored asindicated at 46', 41, 48 and 49' in Fig. 7. This scoring is provided togive a primary fold or score to the paper 4 so that the edges will foldover easily and after the paper leaves the scoring rollers 4| and 42 itpasses over a former plate shown in Figs. 8, 9, l8 and 21. It will benoted that the scoring knives 46, 41, 48, and 4-5 are very slightlyspiral so that the scoring lines are slightly wider at the rear end thanat the forward end of the length to form band. This is to permit therear or following end to easily fold over the leading or inside end inthe forming mechanism.

Adjacent to the scoring rolls is a bracket or brace 59 which carries aplate 53 adjacent to which are guides or folding shoes GI and 62 so thatthe sides 53 and 64 (see Fig. 9) of the paper 4 will be folded up on thescore lines and after the paper moves over the roller 55 it passes overan unfolding guide or head 55 so that when the paper leaves the head 65it is again flat. The paper then passes under the roller 51 and betweenthe rollers 68 and 59. The roller 68 carries a knife 15 which coincideswith a groove H in the measuring roller 59 so that the paper can be cutinto lengths at this point and then pass on to the chute or guide 72having guide rails 13 and 14 which hold the advanced sheet true, throughthe medium of the linkage i5, 16, TI and the arm 18. The link '|6-18 ispivoted to a support at 15 and the links 15 and H are connected to therails 13 and 14 at 19 and 8|). A cam 8| moves the rails '13 and 14 toalign the paper on the guide and to release it so that it can be woundtrue on the cylinder forming roll 82, which is in reality a mandrilhaving a complementary roller 83. The mandril 82 winds the flat sheetaround it to form a cylinder using a vacuum to hold the sheet to thecylinder or mandril 82. The band is now in cylindrical form so ready tobe fed into the .molds of the turret through the successive formoperations to complete the cap. It should be stated here that themandril drum has a hollow shaft 84 connected to an exhauster through thehollow support 85 and the opening 85 in the conduit 81. The conduit 8?is connected directly to the eXhauster and when the mandril 82 movesinto the mold |24 it carries the band held in place by vacuum untilvalve 84 strikes stop it which cuts off the vacuum and releases the bandfrom mandril 82. At the same time valve I54 is opened and a vacuum holdsthe paper band to the sides of the mold in the turret. This will beexplained more in detail hereinafter. The scored cylindrical band is nowready to be acted upon by the first folding head. The member H3 isreciprocated back and forth by the link 89 connected to the elbow lever95 operated by the pitman 9| which is connected by a wrist pin 92 to thedisc 93 on the shaft 94. The shaft 54 is driven through a series ofgears by the motor 95 which has a belt drive 56 to drive the pulley 9'!adapted to be clutched to the shaft 98 by the clutch 99. The clutch 99may be thrown into and out of engagement by an appropriate hand lever orfoot lever as the case may be. The shaft 98 carries a flywheel 98' and agear IIIIJ which drives a gear IIlI on the shaft I02. The shaft I62rotates the arm I93 for the Geneva motion which engages on the slots I04of the Geneva wheel I05 to rotate the gear I636 on the shaft IIII. Thegear I66 meshes with the gear I08 on the turret IEIS mounted in theframe. On shaft I02 is an intermittent gear III! which meshes with theintermittent gear III to drive the shaft 9 3.

The gear Hi8 meshes with the elongated toothed gear IIZ carried by thehead casting I13 and it drives a shaft I I4 in the bearing I I5. Theshaft II i carries a gear IIB which meshes with the gear I II to rotatethe hollow shaft 514 which drives the mandril 82. By referring to Fig.12 it will be observed that there is a stop H8 to operate valve 84 inone direction and a stop II9 at the back side of the plate I45 tooperate valve 84' in the other direction. The head I It in addition tocarrying the cylinder forming mandril roll also carries a head or paperforming and creasing member I2Il to perform the first folding action,and another head IZI to perform the second folding action. A bracket I22on main frame I, carries sliding rods I22 and I22 on which are mountedthe gauge heads I22 and I23. (See Fig. 1.) The heads I22 and I23 aremoved into the molds by compression springs I23 and I23", pressingagainst bar I23 which is fastened to bars I22" and I22. Mounted on headH3 is a retracting bracket I I3 for pushing the gauge heads I22 and I23out of the molds I2? and. IE8 at the last part of the outward stroke ofthe head II3. These heads are received in corresponding forms or moldsI24, I25, I26, I21 and I283. The band receiving form of mold I24 shownin Fig. 12 receives the band from the mandril 82 and it is provided withopenings ISI, IBI, I32 and I32 at its respective ends which communicatewith the chamber I 33 of the valve sleeve I33. The chamber I33 isconnected to the exhaust conduit 81. The ports or openings I3I, ISI, I32and I32 are adapted to be closed or rendered ineffective by the valve I34 on the stern I35 connected to the rocker arm I36 (see Figs. 1 and 12)said rocker arm being actuated by a cam It? on the gear III! and also bythe hub II3 striking the valve I34 on the inward stroke of the headcasting H3. The valve operates to permit the eXhauster to hold the bandin the form I24 when the valve I 34 is open and until the mandril 82moves back to the position shown in Fig. 12. This is to prevent themandril 82 from pulling the band back out of the form I24 and to insurethe band being carried to the next stage to be acted upon by the firstfolding head I25.

It is to be understood that when the heads and the casting IIS and I12reciprocate on the hollow conduit 81 and H5 that all of the formingmembers move with them and that the vacuum holds the band in the formingmolds during the various operations of forming the cap.

After the band is introduced into the first mold and the mandril isretracted, the Geneva wheel moves the turret around one step so that thefirst head I28 is ready to make the first fold (see Fig.

13). The head I29 is mounted on a hollow shaft I38. It consists of asliding block I39 having stops I46. The sliding block I39 is held on thehollow shaft I38 by a collar MI A series of outstanding rollers I42 arecarried by the head and about these rollers are fingers I43. As the headmoves forward the fingers I43 engage the paper and together with thefingers I4I' the first fold the molds.

is made as shown in Fig. 13. As the head advances into the mold stopsI40 contact with the stop plate I59 and the block I39, fingers I43 andpin I56 stop moving and are held in position by tension spring I57.Fingers I4I' are kept in motion and finish the fold started by fingersI43. The yielding pin I56 in the slot I55 retracts the shaft I41 tiltingthe arms I48 of the creasing members I49 shown in Figs. 13 and to creasethe fold against the sides of the mold I to lay the fold flat. It willbe noted that the creasing members (see Fig. 20) consist of arcuateheads I58 with right angular shanks IEI to which the arms I48 areconnected and that the arms are pivoted at I52. The spring I53 in thecup like collar M5 is provided to prevent breaking of the creasingmembers i 59 if paper or some other obstruction should come between themember I49 and the sides of the mold. The compression spring I53 restsagainst the collar I54 and exerts a pressure against the cup shapedcollar I46 to retract the creasing member I49 on the return stroke or assoon as pin I55 leaves the end I55 of slot I55. The pin I56 is rigidlyfastened to the sliding block I39 and passes through a slot in thehollow shaft and through the slot I55. The movement of block I39 whenstops I40 strike stop plate I59 causes the pin I56 to move to back endof slot I55 where it becomes effective to operate the creasing members I49. Compression spring I57 returns the block I39 back to its originalposition ready for next cap.

After the first fold is made the heads H3 and I72 with the other headsare withdrawn from The Geneva motion now moves the turret one step sothat the band which has been acted upon to make the first fold iscarried opposite the head I2I which can now move into the mold to makethe second fold as shown in Fig. 14. The out band 4' is now in the moldand the second fold is made. The head I2I corresponds in detail to thehead I29 except that the stop member 5% is shorter allowing the head I2| to go farther into the mold. Since the construction of the heads arepractically the same, corresponding numbers have been given thecorresponding parts on all heads so as to shorten the description. Afterthe second fold has been made the top band portion of the cap has beencompleted. The mold now moves to the fourth stage, that is, thecrown-applying stage, where the crown is applied and the third fold ismade. The paper for the crown is fed from a roll I60 up to the idlerIfiI, under the friction roller I 62, between the cutting rollers I63and I64 where the paper is severed into lengths due to the fact that theknife I on roller I63 coincides with a groove I56 on the roller I54. Thesevered paper is fed down the guide or chute I67 from between therollers I54 and IE3 to the rollers I69 and III across the flared ringI'II where it is introduced into the back side or rear side of the mold.In order to effect the introduction of the crown sheet into the mold, asliding bracket head "2 is provided, similar to the head I I3. Itcarries a crown sheet introducing head I95, a folding and creasing headIZI, and an ejector head 208 in proper spaced relation. The bracket headIn is supported on a tubular support I15 and it is reciprocated throughthe medium of the pitman I16 connected to the wrist pin III on disc MBon shaft 94 which operates the elbow lever I19, driving a link I88connected to bracket head H2. The arms I8I, I82 and I83 carry themembers I95, IZI' and I14 in radial spaced relation so that they are inposition to function with the respective molds. The sprocket I 84 onshaft I02 drives a sprocket I85 through the chain I86 (see Fig. 3)which, through a bevel gear I81 drives shaft I98 on which roller I64 ismounted. The cutting roller I93 is driven from shaft I88 through thegears I 39 and I95. The roller I is driven from shaft I89 through thesprockets I 9| and I92 connected by chain I93 (see Fig. l) and shaft I88has a crank I9 3 by means of which the feed rollers can be turned byhand for initially feeding in the crown sheet paper and in order topermit this the drive from the main machine can be thrown out by aclutch of appropriate construction not shown. When the bracket head I12is moved toward the center of the mold a crown introducing band I95 onhead I73 (see Fig.

forces the sheet into the band already in the mold so that the crown I96is within the band and the head IE3 which corresponds to the head shownin Fig. l l folds over the rear edge of the band so that the free edgeof the crown is received in a fold in the rear edge of the band. As thebracket I72 recedes from the mold the Geneva motion advances the mold toa position opposite the head I2I', see Fig. 22, the head I2I'corresponding to head shown in Fig. 14, makes the second crown securingfold so that the cap is now formed as shown in Fig. 17.

It will be noted that the gauge heads I22 and I23 prevent the heads I2Iand I13 from pushing the band out of the mold when the crown is beinginserted. (See Figs. 1 and 15.) The movements of the heads on thebrackets I I3, I22 and I72 are synchronized so that they will moveintoand out of the molds in proper co-relation. After the cap is formedso that the rear edge of the band has a double fold over the free edgeof the crown I96 with the band I99 fast to it as shown in Fig. 17, thecap is ready to be ejected from the mold I29. This is effected by theejector plunger I'I I having a head 200 which is introduced from therear of the mold to eject the finished cap out upon the table I30. Theejected cap is round and it may now be collected and pressed flat readyfor packing.

The second and fourth operation shown in Figs. 13 and 15 are identicalexcept that one is on one side of the turret and the other is on theopposite side and that in the fourth operation the head I72 carries thecrown introducing band I95 to push the crown in place and instead of theelement MI in Fig. 13 the element I I3 is used in Fig. 15 for the fourthoperation. The third and. fifth operations are identical as shown inFigs. 14 and 22 except the mechanism for the fifth operation is on theopposite side of the turret with respect to the mechanism for the thirdoperation.

The second, third, fourth and fifth operations are very similar so faras parts and function are concerned and attention is called to the factthat the fingers 43 bend the part of band to be folded toward the centerabout 45 degrees to hold the part of the band to be folded in thisposition while the parts I H and I13 continue on carrying the part to befolded to cause it to lie flat against the mold or matrix. Then the partI69 presses the fold fiat, the rollers I42 at this time being ofasistance in rolling the folds and crown down preliminary to completingthe fold.

In describing the invention we have attempted to carry through theoperation from the beginning to the end of the cap manufacture, underthe assumption that the band is first'introduced into the mold I24 andthat the various steps are progressively carried out through thatparticular mold in order to show the sequence of operation but it is tobe understood that the molds I24 to I29, both inclusive, are allduplicates and 5 that there is one operation taking place in each moldsimultaneously with different operations in the remaining molds so thatwhen the machine is operating some stage of cap manufacture is takingplace in each of the six molds or cylinders 10 in the turret so thatevery time the bracket heads I I3 and I12 operate through a cycle afinished cap is being ejected from the mold or cylinder I29.

From the foregoing it will be aparent that two 15 rolls of paper, onefor the band and one for the crown, will be fed through the machine, outand folded in proper stepped relation so that a finished cap can bemechanically manufactured therefrom. The creasing, printing, cutting andfeeding rollers for the band can be driven by a chain 29I which isdriven from the sprocket 202, keyed to shaft I02 (see Fig. 2) Any otherform of drive, however, may be substituted. The friction plate 293pivoted at 204 (Fig. 2) rests against the roll 4 to hold the paperagainst slack.

It is to be noted that the valve sleeve I33 is stationary and acts as ajournal for gear hub I98 and that the gear hub I08 is a part of thevalve as well as a bearing for the turret.

It is to be further noted that there are six steps in the turret processas follows; charging, first fold, second fold, crown charging or thirdfold, fourth or final fold and discharge by the ejector through openingin plate I59 to the table. The reference numerals 205, 296, 20'! and.208 designate annular chambers in all of the molds of which there aresix in number all mounted on gear I98 and gear hub I08. These chamberscommunicate with segmental grooves I3I, IEI, I32 and I32 through holesISI, I3I, I32" and I32 as shown in Fig. 29. 209, 2I0, 2H and 2I2 arevalve ports leading from annular chambers 295, 205, 25'! and 208 to thechamber I33 of valve sleeve I33. The valve sleeve I33 is provided withsegmental grooves 2I3, 2M,

2 I 5 and EI 5 which have perforated Walls to communicate with thevacuum chamber I33. When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 12,station 1, all annular spaces 295, 206, 201 and 298 are closed off fromthe chamber I 33 by the valve I94. When the mandril 82 moves into themold I20 the hub IISf strikes valve I34, opening it and at the same timevalve 84 is closed by the end striking against stop II9. This steptransfers a cylindrical sheet of paper from the mandril 82 to the moldI24. When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 13, station #2,all the grooves are under vacuum. When the parts are in the positionshown in Fig. 14, station #3, the annular space or chamber 205 is closedoff from vacuum chamber I33 of sleeve 5 33 and at station #4, Fig. 15the same condition prevails. Station No. 5 is shown in Fig. 22 and itwill be noted that the annular spaces 205 and 5 298 are closed off fromvacuum chamber I33.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 16, station #6, all theannular spaces are closed off so that the hat can be ejected. Theclosing of the different annular spaces is due to the fact that thesegmental grooves in the Valve sleeve or member I33 are of differentlengths or areas as will be apparent by reference to Figs. 25, 26 and2'7.

Various changes in form, proportion and minor

